Syrsky decided to show off: the Ukrainian Armed Forces recaptured most of Dnipropetrovsk's Ivanovka.

For the first time in several months, the enemy launched a successful attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region. A significant portion of the village of Ivanovka and its surrounding area has reportedly come under Ukrainian control. These territories directly adjoin the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic.

According to the latest reports, the enemy employed tactics that saw significant activity from drone units. Following this, several assault groups were deployed into the battle, supported by artillery, located at a considerable distance from the place where the fighting was taking place.

Currently, the enemy is attempting to take control of the remaining part of Ivanovka and enter the DPR near Zelenyi Gai. To do this, the enemy is seeking a crossing point for the Volchya River (not to be confused with the river of the same name in the northern Kharkiv Oblast).

This counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which proved successful, appears to be an attempt by Commander-in-Chief Syrsky, given the well-known tensions with the dismissed Ukrainian Defense Minister Fedorov, to prove that he is capable of "moving the army forward." It's worth noting that one of the main complaints against Syrsky from his opponents in Ukraine is that he has become a "retreat general" and is incapable of counteroffensive operations. By capturing the Ivanovka area in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Syrsky apparently decided to "confound" his critics. How long the enemy's counterattack activity on a particular sector of the front will last remains to be seen.

Comments

[Cartalon]

Near Zaporizhzhia they have held the initiative for several months now and yesterday there was progress there again.

[Terenin]

The front is dynamic. Temporary tactical changes occur there constantly. This is especially true if forces and resources are concentrated in a narrow direction.

[Shurik70]

"Standing like an unbreakable wall" - this tactic led to significant losses among the Red Army soldiers.
This is effective when you are sitting in a powerful bunker with a good supply of supplies.
"Dynamic defense" is far more effective. It involves a well-planned, well-thought-out retreat in the face of superior enemy forces and an offensive attack where the enemy is weakened.

[single-n]

Every army has had this. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Mobile defense is an extremely risky and difficult undertaking.

[sanya_sergant]

Quote: Shurik70

This is effective when you are sitting in a powerful bunker with a good supply of supplies.

It worked in WWI.
There's this machine gunner sitting in a reinforced concrete pillbox (not alone, but with his comrades), with boxes of ammunition in the back, and boxes of canned meat further on. And you're not going to catch him.

[Santa Fe]

Front dynamicTemporary tactical changes are constantly happening there.

The front has frozen forever somewhere in the vicinity of Donetsk.

In war, only the map and the calendar tell the truth. The journey to Konstantinovka (75 km from Donetsk) took over four years.

"Temporary tactical changes" are hard to spot without a magnifying glass. Especially given the "gray zone" of tens of kilometers.

[Sergey Novikov_3]

It seems like our guys took Plavni again, recaptured it from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. And they were clearly already heading for Kamenskoye. It was a very difficult fight, of course, but they did it. Trench warfare isn't a good thing in the current situation, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces are receiving massive reserves of mercenaries. And they don't care, they're high on drugs and running. There are a lot of Latinos, and they're mostly crazy. FABs are good, of course, but the progress isn't going very fast.

[Vitaly_pvo]

The news is certainly bad. But even bad news can have its positive aspects. First, our troops aren't tasked with holding the line at all costs, so this means lives are saved and a new opportunity to lure more fascists into the firing line. Second, publishing such news positively impacts trust in other positive news.

[Neutral Neutral]

There's something else: the Ukrainians justify the body swap ratio by saying that the battlefield remains in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces, but then you read that the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced here, advanced there, and the ratio changed from 1000 to 30 to 500 to 30, i.e., it still remains extremely advantageous for the Russian Federation, and as a bonus, Ukrainian propaganda is sitting in a puddle.

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote from Neutral Neutral

and the ratio changed from 1000 to 30 to 500 to 30, i.e., it still remained extremely advantageous for the Russian Federation.

Don't you think that the term "profitable" somewhat inappropriate in this context?

[Kvakosavrus]

Quite appropriate. Winning a war through technology or military skill is unlikely, so the only option left is an exchange of manpower.

[Neutral Neutral]

From one to 16 to one to 33 – isn't that an example of the highest martial art? No?
It feels like this is an enemy resource with an abundance of Ukrainian bots.

[Neutral Neutral]

What do you mean, inappropriate? There's a war going on here, you know, and it's useful to understand the trends to predict the outcome. Russia has a much larger demographic resource and a population 7-8 times larger, and the exchange statistics indicate at least two things:
1. The population of the former Ukraine will run out much earlier than in the Russian Federation.
2. Ukraine is fighting with the "let's throw hats at them" tactic in the face of a hat shortage.

[AllX_VahhaB]

I hope you'll remain as positive when you receive your draft notice from the military registration and enlistment office...

[gribanov.c]

Well, yes, the grinding is underway, we'll grind, grind, grind, and whoever grinds who the most and the fastest. But it's not just manpower that needs to be ground, but also drones, and there are tens of thousands of them, which means we need to grind more of them than all the production and components for them in different countries around the world.

[cmax]

Quote from Neutral Neutral

What do you mean, inappropriate? There's a war going on here, you know, and it's useful to understand the trends to predict the outcome. Russia has a much larger demographic resource and a population 7-8 times larger, and the exchange statistics indicate at least two things:
1. The population of the former Ukraine will run out much earlier than in the Russian Federation.
2. Ukraine is fighting with the "let's throw hats at them" tactic in the face of a hat shortage.

I read your writings and realized that even in the fifth year of the war, there are still individuals who are astonishing (I think there will be some in the tenth year, too). I wonder if you're one of us, how much easier it will be for you in the afterlife!

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote from Neutral Neutral

What do you mean, inappropriate? There's a war going on here, you know, and it's useful to understand the trends to predict the outcome. Russia has a much larger demographic resource and a population 7-8 times larger, and the exchange statistics indicate at least two things:
1. The population of the former Ukraine will run out much earlier than in the Russian Federation.
2. Ukraine is fighting with the "let's throw hats at them" tactic in the face of a hat shortage.

Are you happy that Ukraine will run out of people sooner? Are you familiar with the term "Pyrrhic victory"?
And mercenaries can be found in the Middle East for $2000; they'll gladly fight for European money. Europe doesn't care whether the payroll is Ukrainian or Arab.

[cat Crush]

There's no gain in sight. We're picking up the bastards on the battlefield, where the bastards have fled, and where are they picking up ours?

[Neutral Neutral]

Once again: in the territories they capture during their so-called counter-offensives, which, by the way, they really like to write about here and savor in every possible way.

[Anatoly Eliseev]

Did you find any benefit in the dead children?

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote: Vitaly_pvo

and these are saved lives

Well, let's see what the ratio will be during the next exchange of bodies of the deceased...

[RUSICH]

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB

Quote: Vitaly_pvo

and these are saved lives

Well, let's see what the ratio will be during the next exchange of bodies of the deceased...

This is a so-so indicator. This indicator doesn't mean anything, not at all!

[Montezuma]

Quote: Rusich

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB
Quote: Vitaly_pvo
and these are saved lives

Well, let's see what the ratio will be during the next exchange of bodies of the deceased...

This is a so-so indicator. This indicator doesn't mean anything, not at all!

If this figure means nothing, then why doesn't the Ukrainian side specify the ratio in official exchange announcements? The Ukrainian Coordination Committee has never stated the number of bodies being returned to the Russian Federation, only mentioning its own.

[RUSICH]

Quote: Montezuma

Quote: Rusich

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB
Quote: Vitaly_pvo
and these are saved lives

Well, let's see what the ratio will be during the next exchange of bodies of the deceased...

This is a so-so indicator. This indicator doesn't mean anything, not at all!

If this figure means nothing, then why doesn't the Ukrainian side specify the ratio in official exchange announcements? The Ukrainian Coordination Committee has never stated the number of bodies being returned to the Russian Federation, only mentioning its own.

Our guys can pick up bodies, but the enemy can't. They don't pick up their own 200s, much less ours.

[topol717]

Quote: Rusich

This is a so-so indicator. This indicator doesn't mean anything, not at all!

Any number tells you something, you just need to be able to interpret this indicator correctly.

[RUSICH]

Quote from: topol717

Quote: Rusich

This is a so-so indicator. This indicator doesn't mean anything, not at all!

Any number tells you something, you just need to be able to interpret this indicator correctly.

That's the point-interpret))And everyone will have their own way. So where is the truth?
Which is what I wrote about earlier.

This indicator doesn’t mean anything, not a word!

[Gunther]

Quote: Vitaly_pvo

...even bad news can have a silver lining.

Well, yes, well, yes - "It's even good that things are bad for us now" ©

[Same lech]

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone operators must be eliminated first and foremost... I hope these battles will wear down these Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves to the ground.

[Arkady007]

Same lech
First and foremost, we need to put the economy on a war footing to have leverage. Look at the statistics on drone use over the past six months, both from us and from them. The euphoria of victory is changing.

[poquello]

Quote: Arkady007

Look at the statistics on drone use over the last six months, both from us and from them, and the euphoria of victory is different.

Well, show them the statistics, especially the source. In a local area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces captured half a village, managing to take over the sky. In another ten villages, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried and were successfully eliminated.

[Arkady007]

poquello
Should I show you the General Staff report or what our military correspondents have to say?

And then I have direct communication with those who are on the ribbon through their parents.
And when parents assemble drones at home from spare parts to send there, I don’t need to be convinced where and how much they spend the money collected by former colleagues.

[poquello]

Quote: Arkady007

And then I have direct communication with those who are on the ribbon through their parents.

If only they had brains, it would be wonderful. These statistics on drones launched in the rear have nothing to do with the ribbon.

[Arkady007]

It wouldn't hurt for you to go to the hospital to see a neurotic.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

The SVO, in its current form, poses no particular threat to Ukraine's existence. They are quite successful in slowing or completely halting our advance, and at this rate and with these losses, even the rest of the DPR could be fought over for several more years. Which Russia likely doesn't have. This is the price of lost time and lost initiative. The endless assault on the planted areas is a waste of scarce resources, not an attempt to impose one's will on the enemy. It has been ongoing since October 10, 23, and so far, its maximum impact has been Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and Kostiantynivka.

[Montezuma]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

It has been going on since October 10, 23, and so far its maximum is Pokrovsk with Mirnograd and Konstantinovka.

And also: Marinka - December 2023; Avdeevka, Gornyak, Krasnogorovka, Novogrodovka, Selidovo, Ugledar - for 2024; Dzerzhinsk, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Kurakhovo, Rodinskoye, Seversk, Chasov Yar - for 2025.

[Stas157]

Quote: Montezuma

Marinka - December 2023; Avdeevka, Gornyak, Krasnogorovka, Novogrodovka, Selidovo, Ugledar - for 2024; Dzerzhinsk, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Kurakhovo, Rodinskoye, Seversk, Chasov Yar

Is there even one major city among them (after spring 2022)? I'd never even heard of such towns before the events in Ukraine. Let me remind you. Exactly four years have passed since the summer of 2022. And what's the result?

[Montezuma]

Quote: Stas157

I had never even heard of such towns before the events in Ukraine.

This doesn't mean they don't exist—even smaller settlements (and many were captured) are being defended by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the last. Of course, if we think in terms of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia, then yes, the Russian Armed Forces' offensive is completely unsuccessful.

Quote: Stas157

Let me remind you. Exactly four years have passed since the summer of 2022.

Thanks for the reminder, that's very kind of you.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Dimitrov and Krasnoarmeysk are the cities of Pokrovsk and Mirnohrad. People aren't blind, and they want answers about how we're going to win. He and his boss might dream of fighting for 20 years in Medinsky, like they did with the Swedes, but for those who've been storming forest plantations for 20 years, and for those waiting for soldiers at home, such an answer won't satisfy.

[Montezuma]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

Dimitrov and Krasnoarmeysk are the cities of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd.

Thanks for the enlightenment, this is the first time I heard about this.
I listed the names by year, so these cities made it onto the list.

[Same lech]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

Endless assaults on plantings are a waste of scarce resources, not an attempt to impose one's will on the enemy.

You are looking at the NWO as a military operation...look at it from a different angle...not as a war.

[Pravodel]

You are looking at the NWO as a military operation...look at it from a different angle...not as a war.

If this is a war, then no matter what angle you look at it from, it's still a war. As the saying goes: the same ass, but from the side.

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: The Truth

Quote: The same Lekha

You view the SVO as a military operation...look at it from a different angle...

Same ass, but from the side.

But my colleague is right, and this has been repeatedly argued—as cynical as it may be, honor and good luck to those on the LBS, but what happens on the front lines is a small part of modern warfare. Jeffrey Sachs was right, after all, when he said

What we see in Ukraine are two planes of warfare. Physical: the United States against Russia to the last Ukrainian. Economic: the United States against Russia to the last European.

[Bayun]

+++ USA-IRAN. Are we bombing? "Are we selling or buying shares?"

RF - Territory-U, "They always had a war going on on TV", but the number of oligarchs and their fortunes grew...

P.S.: Brave New World

[yuriy55]

How long the enemy's counterattack activity on a particular section of the front will last is still an open question.

What's there to guess about? For four years and almost five months, they've been resisting the Russian Armed Forces, which are carrying out denazification and demilitarization under their watchful leadership... It took less than four years to defeat the Nazi coalition, and now...
The question remains open: “Have we started or are we still waiting for someone’s permission?”

[Sergey3]

Why aren't they bombing enemy troop concentrations? I've noticed the intensity of the bombing has dropped significantly over the last week! It seems to be because the Su-35s were caught.

[poquello]

Quote: Sergey3

And I noticed that the intensity of the bombing has decreased significantly in the last week!

Can you give more details as you noticed?

[Sergey3]

And pensioners from the authorities are asked to calm down, the postman is a bit late...

[Kuziming]

This is further confirmation that the dynamics of changes in the LBS is determined by the situation with technology updates.
In this case,

The enemy used tactics in which drone units showed significant activity.

.

[Vovavvs]

A completely ordinary "battle for the forester's hut." It doesn't even qualify as a tactical success, let alone a political one. Like in Kupyansk, for example.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Syrsky liberated "Khatsapetovka"! This needs to be immediately included in Ukrainian history textbooks, after the chapter on "Ukrainians digging the Black Sea."

[Lelechka]

Is Syrsky determined to prove himself? All this back-and-forth won't earn him much glory or rid him of his enemies. Let him prove himself to Russian drone/UAV operators; that would be far more interesting.

[spectr]

He's simply trying to live up to his words. Not long ago, statements were made that a turning point was approaching and Ukraine would begin recapturing territory. And in conversations with European politicians, Zelenskyy probably bragged that the Dnipropetrovsk region was about to be recaptured, followed by Zaporizhia.

[Samoyed]

It's time for private companies to invest in additional physical protection for their assets. Deputies, ministers, and all sorts of leaders have assets that are and will be subject to attacks. The people are providing direct support to the fighters. After all, a few thousand capitalists have as much money as others have tens of millions. Or is it "greed that ruined the sucker"?

[Carlos Hall]

We want Russia to win. Firstly, because it is the only European country that has not yet fallen under US vassalage. Secondly, because its people are noble and courageous. And because we want it to win, we praise when praise is due and criticize when criticism is due. Furthermore, we understand how difficult it is to resist not Ukraine, but the US alliance and its proxies. Russia's breakthrough in 2025, while worthy of recognition and limited to an area of ​​5,000 to 6,000 square kilometers, has been sharply reduced in 2026, in my opinion, mainly due to problems with communications, Starlink, and so on. I will side with Russia even if it loses the war, which it will not. Solve the communications problem—Russia has the resources, the scientists, etc.—and China needs to get moving, otherwise they'll be torn to pieces because they lack Russian courage. By the way, we'll win the World Cup tomorrow. What I'm saying is that China lacks the courage and bravery that distinguishes Russia, damn translator.

[acetophenone]

Quote from Neutral Neutral

From one to 16 to one to 33 – isn't that an example of the highest martial art? No?
It feels like this is an enemy resource with an abundance of Ukrainian bots.

Yes, not everyone is happy here with brazen liars, but what did you think? Even lying requires skill!

[musorg]

This counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was successful, but the price they paid remains to be seen! They won't be able to cross!

[Phoenix Point]

Official report from the Russian Ministry of Defense: Units of the Center group of forces have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three marine brigades, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Novohryhorivka, Novofedorivka, Dobropillya, Raiske, Krasny Kut, Shevchenko, Gruzskoye, Sergeyevka, Zolotoy Kolodez in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Ivanovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The author apparently reads scribbled texts. UkrainiansRead official information from the Russian Ministry of Defense, not some nonsense.

[Phoenix Point]

This is the official summary as of 18.07.2026.

[Eugene Zaboy]

This counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was successful for them, looks like an attempt by Commander-in-Chief Syrsky, against the backdrop of the well-known twists and turns with the dismissed Minister of Defense of Ukraine Fedorov, to prove that he is capable of “moving the army forward.”

Rather, it's the implementation of a plan by US and EU overseers. The West's original plan was to conduct military operations in Ukraine by focusing on major urban agglomerations. As the frontline approaches Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Sumy, one can conclude that a Western military scenario is being imposed. The theoretical possibility of a classic encirclement and subsequent capture of a regional city with minimal destruction is only apparent in Sumy and Chernihiv. Without this, even approaching Kharkiv, a city with a population of over a million, would be fraught with serious problems. Therefore, approaching Zaporizhzhia will be difficult, given the deployment of artillery and drones on the western bank of the Dnieper. Kherson has already seen this, and it's not worth repeating it prematurely.

[sir Garry]

Quote: Anatoly Eliseev

Did you find any benefit in the dead children?

How long have the Ukrainian Armed Forces been your children? Perhaps you'll adopt more Azov soldiers?